10. Toslink cable and audio problems: Dolby digital and surround sound does not work through optical audio toslink cable. This problem started after one of their software updates. When I called TiVo about issue #10, they told me that they could do nothing about the issue, it probably was a hardware issue,

I figured that might of been the case that a setting was not changed, but what's with the confirmation from TiVo and the mention of the software change??
Does that apply to both HDMI & optical, or just optical?

Maybe there was a software update 5 years ago (when that review was written) that broke 5.1 over optical. It doesn't really matter because it works on the last version of the software for the Series 3, which probably won't ever get any more updates to re-break it. I never heard of such a problem on the Premiere.

The setting applies to the optical output and the audio within the HDMI output.

The main reason people switch it to PCM (it's set to 5.1 by default) it that the TiVo "bloop" noises will not play over a digital audio output while 5.1 audio is being played. TiVo cannot inject the noises into the DD audio stream. If you are connecting it to a two-channel device (like a TV) then 5.1 doesn't really matter anyway.

I am using the HDMI cable from my Tivo premier box to HDMI-1 of my TV and the optical out of the Tivo to my old non-HDMI Yamaha 5.1 AVR. I still hear the "bloop noises" when I use the guide, info...buttons but not when I use the fast forward and rewind buttons. What does that mean?? I have the Tivo audio setting as Dolby Digital.

Been using optical audio from our S3 through an Onkyo receiver since we purchased them in January and February of 2007 with DD 5.1 and never had an issue after any of the updates.

You really need to stop reading the reviews of the TiVo on Amazon. This is the second thread you've started where someone had posted mis-information about TiVo in an Amazon review (the other was about them being leased versus owned)!

I am using the HDMI cable from my Tivo premier box to HDMI-1 of my TV and the optical out of the Tivo to my old non-HDMI Yamaha 5.1 AVR. I still hear the "bloop noises" when I use the guide, info...buttons but not when I use the fast forward and rewind buttons. What does that mean?? I have the Tivo audio setting as Dolby Digital.

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If you are on a menu, then there is no 5.1 audio so the bloop sounds work. When you are playing a 5.1 show, then they won't work. Tune to a channel or play a recording that does not have 5.1 audio and the bloops will work.

You really need to stop reading the reviews of the TiVo on Amazon. This is the second thread you've started where someone had posted mis-information about TiVo in an Amazon review (the other was about them being leased versus owned)!

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And there is no misinformation here? No one makes a mistake or mis quotes here?
Is there a limit of posting incorrect reviews?

I wish there was on Amazon. If someone has twenty reviews that all say "3 out of 5000 people found this helpful" then that person's reviews should all get deleted and they should be blocked from posting more.